sweeping effort to change the nation's gun laws. the president announced a plan, spoke about how one of the young victims, a little girl named grace mcdonald, a victim of sandy hook, inspired him. >> chris, her father, gave me one of her paintings, and i hung it in my private study, just off the oval office, and every time i look at that painting, i think about grace. i think about the life that she lived and the life that lay ahead of her, and most of all, i think when it comes to protecting the most vulnerable among us, we must act now. >> the president's plan includes 23 actions that won't have to include congress, but he's asking for help from congress on a number of other measures, including a new assault weapons ban, universal background checks for every gun sale. ban on high-capacity magazines, stronger penalties for drug trafficking. tim kaine, virginia's governor when the virginia tech massacre happened. >> nice to be with you. >> assault weapons ban, ban on high capacity weapons, are these are the two biggest sticking poin